Author Archives: Kitelife Archive

Issue 70: Featured Store – Picture Pretty Kites

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 69: St Elmo’s Fire

Saint Elmo’s fire n. [St. Elmo (Erasmus) bishop and patron saintof sailors]: a flaming phenomenon [...]

Issue 69: Featured Store – Let’s Fly A Kite

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 69: Empty Spaces (Marty Sasaki and Erv Crosby)

  Marty Sasaki 1954 – 2009 With a most saddened heart I am sorry to [...]

Issue 69: Kites Over Granbury

The 3rd annual Kites Over Granbury kite festival was held in Granbury, TX this past [...]

2009 AKA Convention: Day 4

The schedule was pretty relaxed today with comprehensive kitemaking competition continuing both indoors and out, [...]

Issue 68: Featured Store – The Kite Shoppe

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 68: Washington State Intl Kite Festival Gallery

iQuad Night Fly – by Scott Weider Day Shots – by David Shattuck

Issue 67: No Wind, Low Wind Flying

Somewhere there is a mythical world where the breeze. are always a constant, perfect 10-12 [...]

Issue 67: Featured Store – Gomberg Kites

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 67: Southern Oregon Kite Festival Gallery

Issue 66: Featured Store (WindPower Sports)

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 66: Great Lakes Kite Festival Gallery

Issue 65: Kite Plan: The “Sedgwickcube”

We first saw this kite bobbing over the boardwalk at Ocean City, Maryland during the [...]

Issue 65: That Airbrush Look, from a Can!

I admire the beautiful appliqué work of today’s kite artists. But one long-time kitemaker told [...]

Issue 65: Featured Store: Into The Wind

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 65: Empty Spaces: Margaret Greger

A former schoolteacher, Greger taught thousands of children the how to make kites, making her [...]

Issue 65: Gandia Rev Clinic (photo gallery)

Photos by Team Bolau and Co.

Issue 64: Featured Store: Cutting Edge Kites

Each month we’ll be featuring one of the fine retailers who have been so supportive [...]

Issue 64: The Soul Fliers

Memorable ballet routines, like works of art, consist not of a planned series of strokes, [...]

Issue 64: Shoot ‘Em!

All around the field at every competition and tournament you will see photographers. Every time [...]